Esmeralda’s Waltz – Ivan Petričević

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Recorded in December 2020
Sound engineer: Francisco Bernier
Photo credit: Hayrapet Arakelyan

Tracks:

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | Partita in D minor, BWV 1004
01 Allemanda
02 Corrente
03 Sarabanda
04 Giga
05 Ciaccona

Dusan Bogdanovic (1955) | Sonate nº2
06 Allegro deciso e appassionato
07 Adagio molto espressivo, poco rubato
08 Scherzo melanconico, cantabile con delicatezza
09 Allegro ritmico

10 Mysterious Habitats
11 Esmeralda’s Waltz

CV:

Ivan Petricevic (b. 1987, Belgrade) studied guitar in Zagreb, Vienna, Cologne, and Essen with Ante Cagalj, Alvaro Pierri, Walter Würdinger, Roberto Aussel, and Tomasz Zawierucha.

He has won over 30 prizes at international competitions, including First Prize at the Texas Guitar Competition (2022), Paris Guitar Foundation Competition (2018), Andrés Segovia Competition in Linares (2014), and major competitions in Spain, Greece, Italy, and the USA.

Petricevic has received numerous scholarships and awards, most recently the Brüser Berger Music Award (2023), and regularly performs at leading concert halls and festivals across Europe, Asia, and North America, including the Vienna Musikverein, Auditorio Miguel Delibes, and Shenzhen Concert Hall.

He has appeared as soloist with orchestras such as Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, Shenzhen Chamber Orchestra, and Orchestre Symphonique de Châtillon. Ivan Petricevic is a Savarez artist, with recordings released on Hänssler Classic, Baros Records, and ARS Produktion.